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Monsanto healthy soya launch on track

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US soybean technology company Solae (St Louis, Missouri) has
confirmed that it has begun providing food manufacturers with
samples of its new high-steariodonic acid oil from Monsanto’s
genetically modified MON87769 soybeans. Steariodonic acid is
converted in the body to another omega-3 fatty acid,
eicosapentaenoic acid. A US launch of MON87769 soybeans is expected
in 2012, pending approval by the USDA. The company has also applied
for food-use approvals for MON87769 in Canada, the EU, Japan,
Australia and New Zealand.